Chapter 486: Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival (17)
Gao Yang smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "What else can you decide?" Didn't I do so much just to change that? Although after saying that, Yan Zongwang went south, which can be regarded as relieving my worries when I went north to attack Yunzhou. However, how could I watch Bianliang City being captured? Watching Jingkang's shame play out right under my nose? ”
Picked up the bowl of chilled sour plum soup sent by Yelu Yu Liyan on the table and took a sip, a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he said in a cold voice, "First suspend the plan to go north." The whole army is ready to set off south to rescue Bianliang City at any time! Wanyan Zongwang? I'm going to tie him up and throw him into the Bianhe River to feed the fish!" ”
With the order given, all the units of the Changsheng Army were soon mobilized. Canceling vacations, preparing supplies, arranging personnel, arranging marching routes, and so on.
After all the preparations were completed, I waited for the messenger from Bianliang City to arrive.
What is surprising is that when Yan Zongwang's right army swept across the land of Hebei like a bamboo, defeated the Song army that blocked from all directions one after another, and many important cities were broken one after another. Bianliang City had no intention of asking for help from the Chang Shengjun at all.
Unlike in history, Wanyan Zongwang's southward journey this time was accompanied by great pressure and determination.
Gao Yang's Changsheng army rose rapidly, defeating a large number of Jin troops one after another, causing an uproar among the top echelons of the entire Jurchen clan. How many people can there be in the Jurchen clan? How many adult males can there be? In this short period of time, more than 20,000 adult males were directly or indirectly killed by Gaoyang's Chang Shengjun!
In the face of such a strong army, in the face of such a huge cost of casualties. There are even many people who have suggested that they should simply negotiate peace with the Song State on this, and just imitate the previous tribute method of the Liao State. After concentrating on defeating the Changsheng army, he turned around again to clean up the Song State.
As a support for the southward strategy, Wanyan Zongwang's desire to defeat the Song State at this moment was even stronger than at the beginning!
As an army commander with an outstanding vision. Wanyan Zongwang knew very well in his heart that the originally unknown Changsheng army had become a big trouble for the entire Jurchen clan!
If you want to get rid of this army, you must first defeat the weakened Song State. Absorb a lot of nutrients from the Song State to strengthen yourself.
As long as you can suck a lot of blood from the wealthy Song State. The victorious army trapped in the barren Hedong Road would not have had a chance to spend the Jin Kingdom.
This strategy, proposed by Wanyan Zongwang, to first fight the weakened Song State, and then besiege the victorious army of Death Chang was strongly supported by Wanyan Zonghan.
Instead of concentrating on the dangerous terrain and the fact that it is very unfavorable for cavalry to maneuver and fight to the death with the victorious army, it is not conducive to cavalry mobile combat. It is better to defeat and force the Song State in the Hebei area, where the terrain is wide and suitable for the Jurchen cavalry to attack.
Once the Song State was defeated and surrendered, the victorious army that was shrinking near Yingzhou City would face a siege from the entire world! In the end, you can only be trapped alive in the mountains!
In order to realize his strategic intentions, he tried his best to establish an advantage over the Song State before the victorious army moved south. Wanyan Zongwang's Right Route Army can be called vigorous and resolute when it marches and fights!
Grain and straw are completely looting on the spot, burning and looting every time a city is captured, and the entire city is turned into white ground.
At the time of the siege, they collected nearby cattle and took their lives to fill the city defenses. The Song Kingdom was too wealthy. There are too many people. The looted food was simply not enough to eat, and the cattle were also too much to use up during the siege!
Burn, kill, rob! Take what you can, burn what's left, and kill everything you come across! This army, carrying a huge terrifying aura, rushed straight towards Bianliang City!
The march of the entire Jin State Right Route Army was extremely fast, and it quickly moved south in just over half a month. After conquering Wei County, he crossed the Yellow River, and then conquered Linhe and Daimyo's mansion one after another, and soon approached Henan!
At this time, the struggle between the two factions led by the two emperors in Bianliang City is gradually entering a climax!
The faction of Song Qinzong led by Li Gang strongly demanded that an edict be issued immediately, and the victorious army of the capable war quickly moved south to rescue Bianliang City. The Song Huizong faction was resolutely opposed. Their reasoning was that they had to leave the victorious army behind on the Hedong Road to resist the army of Wanyan Zonghan to the north.
The actual reason is that Cai You reported that Gao Yang had already thrown himself into Zhao Heng's gang! Song Huizong and his gang were afraid that the Chang Sheng army would get rid of them first after they came to Bianliang City, so they did their best to obstruct the Chang Sheng army's southward movement.
As for the army of the Kingdom of Jin. In the eyes of Song Huizong and his gang, those Jurchens were just a group of savages who had never seen the world. Not to mention that now there are Song troops coming to the rescue from all directions, even if they really can't be defeated, it's a big deal to have a few more coins. It's better to surrender and be a son again.
The people who were slain, the cities that were turned into white land did not matter to them at all. These things are theirs only after the seizure of power, and until then, no one cares about them. in their hearts. Those people are just a bunch of country leaders.
Bianliang City, Imperial Palace, Vertical Arch Palace.
When Yan Zongwang's army approached Bianliang City more and more. The quarrel here has also reached its peak!
"Thou shalt wait for his heart to be punished!" Li Gang, whose face was flushed and his beard was shaken with anger, stretched out his slightly trembling finger and pointed at Wang Hao and the others who were standing in a row opposite, and roared with red eyes.
"Li Boji!" Wang Huang, who was not too young, immediately stood up and retorted loudly: "What kind of place is this? How can you be allowed to cry out here! After speaking, he immediately turned around and bowed to the two emperors sitting on the imperial platform, looking loyal, and shouted loudly: "Please also ask the official family to cure Li Gang's sin of roaring!" ”
Wang Hao was originally Cai Jing's sworn enemy, who once ousted Cai Jing from the phase, and also served as the prime minister himself. It's just that at this moment, they are all on the same line. The reason is very simple, every qiē of them was given by Song Huizong!
Once Song Qinzong is fully in power, then these old people will never have a bright day! Under this tremendous pressure, the originally inseparable forces all stood together very tacitly.
Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng.
These party masters who used to compete for power and profit with each other, as well as a large number of officials who ate with them, were all forced together by the cruel reality.
After all, once Song Huizong completely loses power, then they will all come to an end. For them, regaining power is the most important thing.
Li Gang, who had been forced by the urgent military situation to be in a hurry, broke out, and Li Gang, who was worried about the country and the people, was wantonly squeezed out, and it had reached an outrageous point.
Completely ignoring the crisis situation that has burned the ass at the moment. The Huizong party is doing things entirely on the basis of the basic principle of party struggle that you approve of, and I will oppose.
Li Gang broke out above the court, and these Song Hui sects naturally had to jump out and fight-for-tat.
Cai Jing, who was nearly eighty years old, was allowed to sit in a chair and stood still when he heard Li Gang's roar. Closing your eyes is like falling asleep. There is no intention of coming out to work against Li Gang at all.
As for Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng, they are both eunuchs, and they generally don't speak at this time. The rest of the small fish and shrimp are not in good status. Thinking about it, only Wang Hao is qualified to jump out and fight against Li Gang.
"Heng'er, what do you think of this matter?" Zhao Ji, who was behind the bead curtain, sneered and said in a strange manner.
"Father, the gold thief is menacing at this moment, so it's better to discuss whether to issue an edict to King Qin first." Zhao Heng, who was sitting on the throne in the middle, lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice.
Two emperors in one palace. It seems that this kind of thing was only staged together in the later Qing Dynasty, when Emperor Jiaqing and Emperor Qianlong lived.
A qiē and a qiē are all contentious words. As a minister, fighting for power, being an emperor is naturally fighting for that chair.
The battle for being a courtier is not a big deal, and the battle for being an emperor is not a big deal, but no one has a good end!
Zhao Ji, who respects Taoism and has always wanted to cultivate and grow immortal, has not been an emperor enough.
He originally passed the throne to Zhao Heng just to escape for his life. I never thought that this son would be able to escape with his life in the attack of the Jurchens.
Originally, he planned to wait for Zhao Heng to die and come out again to continue to be the emperor, but who would have thought that Zhao Heng would really get through it.
Now it's a big deal, and the battle for the throne has been the most tragic thing since ancient times. In this position, it has always been either you die or I die!
"Hmph." Zhao Ji, who couldn't see what his expression was at the moment, snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Zhao Ji's supporters are all old people who were originally promoted by him, and they are all cowards who fled with him. The reputation of these people has long been completely stinking. However, their party fighting skills are perfect, and they suppress the Qingliu faction that supports Zhao Heng.
The matter of whether to let the victorious army come to King Qin has been debated for a long time, and it is necessary to continue to argue in view of today's posture. Perhaps it will not be until the Jurchen soldiers come to the city before there is a conclusion.
The final result of the court meeting in the Vertical Arch Hall was that the matter of the edict of King Qinqin of the Changsheng Army continued to be shelved, and the reason was that the Changsheng Army was still needed to guard against Wanyan Zonghan, who had already been disabled! It was as if Wanyan Zonghan, who had been beaten and crippled, and was thousands of miles away, was even more powerful than Wanyan Zongwang, who was about to enter the city.
For these court officials, party strife was higher than a qiē. Even if the Jurchen people's knives are about to reach their necks, they must not weaken their momentum in the matter of party disputes!
This is the tradition, and it is also the meaning of the existence of these literati and doctors. There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book. Isn't this what is the reason for studying hard for so many years and breaking out from the examination room layer after layer?
If not, where do these things come from? Do you have to rely on it? If you don't hit the enemy, you can't realize the ideal in your heart!
What the new party, the old party, what is clear and unclear. It's all nonsense, everyone is the same, it's all for power! Nothing is straightforward. If you want something you like, no problem, just go for it.
Even if the steel knife of the alien race has been put on the neck, you must fight for victory first!
Fight, higher than one qiē! (To be continued......)